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Training camp for the Detroit Lions finally starts on Monday when they will be the NFL’s final team to get under way. Jim Caldwell started camp last year a few days later also. They had a productive spring installing the offense and defense.

Why does it seem the longer the Detroit Tigers continue to flounder on the field — increasingly fueling desires of many fans for them to sell off tradeable assets before Friday’s deadline — the stronger the reports become that they will not do that?

ANN ARBOR >> Michigan will retire six jersey numbers in a ceremony at the Ohio State game Nov. 28, ending the school’s “legends program” in which players were given the same numbers as some of the team’s all-time greats.

The main suitors for David Price have been well-delineated in the 20-odd hours since the Detroit Tigers announced their soon-to-be free agent ace was on the trade market, but it appears that one is starting to separate from the pack.

Deep in the bowels of Comerica Park at the end of the last home stand, a fan waiting by the players’ tunnel yelled at Dave Dombrowski, as the Detroit Tigers’ president and GM was heading for his office, before heading on the road.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Although it appears that Detroit Tigers’ management has turned its attention toward next season, manager Brad Ausmus and his players remain focused on doing something special this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The vote to determine which city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics will come down to the quality of sports facilities for athletes and sustainability, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Monday.

The Tigers have effectively reversed their trade acquisitions from last July in one day, reportedly agreeing to send closer Joakim Soria to the Pirates hours after sending David Price to the Blue Jays.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Run, NASCAR, don’t walk, back to the drawing board to figure out how to liven up racing. The rules package used for the Brickyard 400 was a failure no matter how the race is dissected.

CHICAGO (AP) — While the Big Ten East gets all the attention, with the defending national champions at Ohio State and Jim Harbaugh-mania at Michigan, the conference’s western division is mostly in flux.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady took the fight over his “Deflategate” suspension to social media and federal court on Wednesday, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft backed the three-time Super Bowl MVP, saying “I was wrong to put my faith in the league.

NEW YORK >> The federal judge handling Tom Brady’s attempt to overturn his four-game suspension ordered the New England quarterback and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to appear in court twice in mid-August.

In the span of eight days running up to the 2014 trade deadline, the Tigers pulled off two big trades, selling off three of their top prospects (and two big-leaguers) in return for reliever Joakim Soria and David Price.

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Upton hit a three-run homer through a driving rain with two outs in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres stunned the New York Mets 8-7 Thursday as they overcame a six-run deficit during a game delayed nearly four hours by two storms.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach said Boston was firmly to blame for its aborted bid for the 2024 Olympics and that the city failed to deliver on “promises” made to U.S. Olympic leaders when they selected the Massachusetts capital as the American candidate for the games.

NEW YORK (AP) — Noah Syndergaard retired his first 18 batters in the rookie's latest overpowering performance, and the New York Mets got two-run homers from Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson to beat the San Diego Padres 4-0 Tuesday night.